Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Baosteel), ka mea i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia o ka mea hana kila nui loa o ka honua ʻo China Baowu Steel Group, e hoʻonui i ke kumukūʻai papa inoa o ke kalapona kila hot-rolled coil (HRC) e RMB 200/ton ($28.7). /ton), e like me ka hui.Ma o kāna kulekele kumu kūʻai hou i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka pō Pōʻakahi, kūʻai ʻia nā kūʻai kūloko ma Ianuali ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana i nā kumukūʻai papa inoa o Dekemaba e RMB 100/ton.
E like me ka mea maʻamau, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻo Baosteel i ke kumu kūʻai maoli o kāna mau huahana ponoʻī i kāna kulekele kumukūʻai o kēlā me kēia mahina, akā ʻo ka nui wale nō o ka hoʻoponopono kumukūʻai.I Ianuali, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kauoha i loaʻa iā Baosteel ma mua o Nowemapa, ma muli o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana kila mai ka ʻoihana hana.